French expatriates in London go to the polls

How busy are the polls in London this morning? “I am in front of the French Lycée Charles-de-Gaulle which today hosts 14 polling stations. A total of 116,000 French people are registered to vote across the UK, including 85,000 in London“, specifies the correspondent Matthieu Boisseau, live from London, Sunday April 10. A large French community lives in the UK, although it has diminished these latest years.

However, “I have no figures to give you on participation. Five years ago, it was Emmanuel Macron who largely won the first round here with 51% of the vote“, details Matthieu Boisseau. This election is in any case very followed by the French community, the press and the British government. “Despite Brexit, France remains one of the UK’s main partners, even if relations are sometimes strained“, he concludes.